First evidence of transmission of Leishmania (Viannia) lainsoni in a Sub Andean region of Bolivia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-253

  Bastrenta, B ^a   Buitrago, R ^b   Vargas, F ^b   Le Pont, F ^a   Torrez, M ^b   Flores, M ^b   Mita, N ^b   Breniere S F ^c  

^a Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Kinetoplast; Leishmania (Viannia) lainsoni; PCR based diagnosis; Specific probe; Transmission

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH MONITORING; LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BOLIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA LAINSONI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; DNA, KINETOPLAST; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BOLIVIA;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA LAINSONI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036710753     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00129-8     Document Type: Article

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